Installing Baseboard Trim On Two Different Floor Levels

With the right set of tools you can duplicate the unevenness in the floor on the bottom of the board creating a baseboard cut specifically for your floors changing levels.

Installing baseboard trim on two different floor levels. Making the cut is not a difficult process. Since the height differences occur on a different plane at the corner of the passthrough i start with this same detail in the different plane. Use finishing nails to put top trim piece on. Cut out bottom for the taller flooring.

If the base between the rooms is continuous then rip the base so it sits at the same height for the hard wood. I have a laminate floor in the living room and im installing 58 x 3 14 laminate baseboard. The second flooring transition example is between the bathroom floor tiles and the bamboo floor of the master bedroom using a long thick metal spacer strip to aid with the difference in elevation. Installing base molding w2 different floor heights 1.

You can find links and more information about all the tools i used below. In this case you install the baseboard to the step down then run the baseboard vertically to the next floor level then continue baseboard along the other floor level. I dont know what to do where my carpet meets the vinyl in my kitchen. Please practice hand washing and social distancing and check out our resources for adapting to these times.

The carpet is 34 higher than my vinyl. So what happen is the detail of the top of the baseboard rounds the corner top of the baseboard and terminates the detail into the floor. Learn how to make a baseboard step down detail for where two different flooring thicknesses meet. This is accomplished by cutting the end of the bottom piece of baseboard on a 45 degree angle and then the vertical piece of baseboard has two 45 degree angles cut to resemble a parallelogram.

Bosch cm8s 8 12 miter. If there is a cased opening that separates the rooms i raise the base in each room to the height of the flooring in that room. The kitchen has a lower linoleum floor with standard cheap 38 by 3 baseboard. If i run one peice of trim the length of the wall i will have a huge gap between my vinyl and my trim.

With another piece of trim you need to cut the top off at an angle so that the lower floor height is equal to your trim size and the other side matches the corner. When the floor is uneven you must cut the baseboard along the bottom to create that flush setting. I am installing new pine trim throughout my house.